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Ridiculous overkill in raid of retired Texas couple outside Capitol on January 6
American Thinker ^ | 18 Jul, 2022 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 07/18/2022 3:56:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber

An estimated 100 agents, 20-30 vehicles, and a helicopter deployed flash bang grenades to question and not arrest an elderly couple who were merely in the vicinity of the Capitol on January 6.

An account was published Sunday in the San Marcos Record of a massive late June raid on a couple in rural Hays County, Texas that resulted in no arrest. The scale of forces deployed and the tactics used seem designed to intimidate and punish, especially considering the fact that the couple never entered the US Capitol on June 6, and were guilty only of being Trump supporters who were peacefully demonstrating.

Lora DeWolfe and Darrel Kennemer were startled when FBI agents, during the pre-dawn hours on June 22, broke through their gate leading up to their home which sits on seven acres in rural Hays County. (snip)

Kennemer, concerned, sprung out of bed, grabbed his AR-15 and stepped onto the porch wearing only his briefs.

The couple watched as several other vehicles, estimated between 20-30, poured onto the property, including one armored vehicle with a battering ram.

FBI agents demanded Kennemer “drop his rifle” as they exited the approaching vehicle. Kennemer responded asking if officials had a warrant, and to show him.

Agents instead began tossing a series of flashbang grenades at the 67-year-old after which Kennemer realized a group of targeting lasers on him that forced him to lay down his weapon.

The couple was placed into handcuffs, taken away from their house, and questioned while their home was being searched.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: arrestgarland; arrestwray; capitol; communism; defundthefbi; donutwatch; gestapo; jan6; january6; swat
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To: JohnnyP

More proof the January 6th fiasco is exactly that. A Democrat production where Americans are deprived their rights so Liberals can make their sick political point.


21 posted on 07/18/2022 5:00:01 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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Jan. 6,  2021 ..   The Capitol riot 
June 22, 2022 ..   The raid at their home 
July 17, 2022 ..   This article is published...

Timing of the events going on



22 posted on 07/18/2022 5:01:32 AM PDT by deport
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To: MtnClimber

...the couple never entered the US Capitol on June 6, and were guilty only of being Trump supporters who were peacefully demonstrating.

Being a Trump supporter is the crime. The FBI is the official armed wing of the Dem Party and will hunt down and destroy any overt Trump supporter. The FBI can’t be reformed. They’ve learned they can get away with murder. No consequences.


23 posted on 07/18/2022 5:07:14 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: LastDayz

Gary Cutler:

https://hayscountytx.com/law-enforcement/sheriff/

Sheriff Gary Cutler was elected and took the oath of office in November 2010. Sheriff Cutler’s accomplished law enforcement career spans over forty years and includes service at The Travis County Sheriff’s Office, The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission as well as eleven years of management and executive level experience. The Hays County Sheriff’s Office employs approximately 350 civilian and commissioned staff.

A native Texan, Sheriff Cutler was raised in the small community of Hutchins and graduated in 1973 from Sam Houston State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice. He began his career with the Travis County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) in 1974 rising to the rank of Captain. At TCSO Cutler served in many different positions including jailer, uniformed patrolman, fugitive warrant/mental health deputy, criminal investigations detective and Captain of Investigation and Process. As captain he supervised narcotics, evidence, crime scene investigations, special weapons and tactics (SWAT), courthouse security, training academy, victim assistance and the Criminal Investigations Division prior to his retirement in December 2000. He joined the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office in 2001 in the Major Crimes Division as a sergeant and then promoted to Lieutenant of the division which included, crime scene investigation, evidence and victim assistance. He moved to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission as an investigator from 2004 until taking office in 2010.

Here’s his number: 512.393.7800

I will be calling AGAIN after 8:amCST.


24 posted on 07/18/2022 5:07:34 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: MtnClimber

It seems like an orchestrated intimidation operation by the left.


The left? The 1/6 committee is bipartisan. The GOP has done exactly nothing substantive to stop these police state tactics.


25 posted on 07/18/2022 5:10:10 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: stinkerpot65

What the Nazis did to the Jews, Democrats will do to us.


It what the CCP and Putinist Russia does now. Yet some so-called conservatives cheer them on.


26 posted on 07/18/2022 5:12:00 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: MtnClimber

They are trying to make people cower and stop supporting President Trump. I’ll guessing there will be more of these raids from here to November.


27 posted on 07/18/2022 5:13:42 AM PDT by JudyinCanada (Maranatha)
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To: MtnClimber

Waiting for the NYT to share this with the world. Oh wait, that doesn’t fit their agenda. Ray Epps, however? Yes, the poor chap. I feel so sorry for him. /s


28 posted on 07/18/2022 5:15:34 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I wish “smart resume” would work for the real world so I could FF through the Burden admin BS.)
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To: anyone

FR article from 6/27/22.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4074337/posts


29 posted on 07/18/2022 5:16:56 AM PDT by deks
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To: sten

There was a warrant.


30 posted on 07/18/2022 5:20:44 AM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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To: From The Deer Stand

Communists are not real big on freedom of speech.


31 posted on 07/18/2022 5:24:37 AM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: MtnClimber

How is that even legal?


32 posted on 07/18/2022 5:26:51 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: deks

Thanks.


33 posted on 07/18/2022 5:29:34 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: Tupelo
Of course it was a “ridiculous overkill”. These raids are designed to tell us that, ‘resistance is futile. They have the manpower & the firepower to over come all resistance.

Absolutely.... if you let them choose the battle ground.


34 posted on 07/18/2022 5:30:01 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: MtnClimber

They are really putting on a show for this circus show trial.
Wonder if there was something unrelated to 1/6 they were looking for?
And 1/6 was the excuse?


35 posted on 07/18/2022 5:31:31 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Rusty0604

Legal..what’s that?


36 posted on 07/18/2022 5:32:21 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Ann Archy
The POLICE are TOTALLY CORRUPT NOW! STAZI wing of the DEMOCRATS!

The tool of corruption is the "law enforcement grants" mwhich the feds dole out to local police depts, and which they risk losing if they don't jump when a fed agency tells them too.

Federal grants need to be abolished. All of them, for whatever purpose. They are the tools by which the feds get state and local agencies to do unconstitutional things for them.

37 posted on 07/18/2022 5:39:11 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: MtnClimber

They did the same thing to Mark Middleton and his wife.


38 posted on 07/18/2022 5:40:44 AM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....!)
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To: MtnClimber

American Gestapo.

The FIB should be disbanded and their headquarter sold to charity.

Criminal and civil suits should be brought against the thugs who plan and carry out this type of warfare against citizens.


39 posted on 07/18/2022 5:41:33 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: stinkerpot65

Exactly!


40 posted on 07/18/2022 5:52:26 AM PDT by sport
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